Previously…

As she was making her way to her truck she caught a glimpse of her mystery woman for the second time that morning. Bent over

silently cursing at her flat tire was the
woman who captivated Shane. ‘You have got to be f**ckin kidding me’ Shane thought as she strolled over.

“Hi i’m Shane”

“Hi and i’m not interested” the mystery woman said as she rolled her eyes

‘The who now??’ Shane thought

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“Um….Okay….I just…. thought I could help” Shane said as she turned around to light a smoke and walked back to her truck ‘Now thats never happened before’ Shane thought to herself

As she got into her truck and eyed the mystery lady through her rearview window she thought ‘f*ck it’. Shane got back out of her truck and walked over to the woman “You know, I can fix that for you….if you want”

“I don’t have a spare….” the woman angrily replied

“I can give you a ride somewhere, we can send someone to fix it” Shane replied

“Look, I know who you are so i’m not going to play the damsel in distress so you can go make a play elsewhere”

Shane gave the lady a confused look “I saw the banners” the lady said

“Right…..those….” Shane nervously smiled ‘I’m never gonna get past the Lacey incident’ Shane thought

“Look, I’m sorry, your just trying to help……obviously we got off on the wrong start…My name is Gina” the woman extended her hand. Shane shook her hand gently and let her fingers linger just a few seconds longer

Gina smiled “I’ll take that ride if your still offering it”

“Right this way” as Shane and Gina walked towards the truck

For the first time ever Shane found herself actually nervous in another womans presence, usually she was the cool, calm, collected
‘stud’ that everyone percieved her to be. Sitting next to this gorgeous woman made Shane’s palm sweat and her throat dry. “So
where to” Shane asked. “Just drive and I’ll show you” Gina replied.

The drive was quiet, Shane was drawing a blank at what to talk about, she never had to initiate conversations infact she never had to say much when it came to the ladies. “So um, what do you do?” she finally asked. “Well at the moment I intern at my father’s company” Gina answered. “How long have you been doing that?” Shane inquired. “Not long, we move around alot…hey it’s up here” Gina pointed towards a large house in the nicer part of LA. ‘Nice’ Shane thought as she parked the truck.

“So…do you wanna hang out sometime?” Shane asked then immediately regretted the question, since when did she have to work so
hard to get a girl to go out with her.

“Like on date?….I dont think thats a good idea” Gina softly answered

“Right….the banners” Shane added as she ran her hand through her messy hair.

“Well its just….it’s just….you know what, how about we just ‘hang out’ nothing more, can you handle that Miss Knight in shining armor?” Gina shyly smiled. She had to admit the woman she had come to know as the heart breaker was growing on her, what was it she thought, the hair, the rock star attitude or was it just simply her own curiousity getting the better of her, one thing was for sure, she was definitely attracted to Shane but she herself didnt want to be just one of Shane’s conquests

“Yeah thats cool” Shane smiled, the old Shane was coming back, as the vulnerable side of her was being masked by her cool
demeanor.

So the two exchanged numbers and agreed to hang out as “just friends”. “Remember Shane, just friends” Gina yelled as she was
walking up to her door.

“Just friends” Shane silently said as she pulled out of the driveway. ‘Just friends’ she thought. Could she handle being just friends with a girl, a beautiful girl mind you, well this was certainly a first for the young hairdresser.

“Just friends” she repeated and laughed as she drove to start her own hectic day at the salon


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TBC